Well, a ME1306 rated 24V to 100V and 150A (according to Motenergy) or 125A (According to Thunderstruck), sustained current, 450A peak current, is $800 or so. For another $800 I can get a Kelly KLS96601-8080H sine wave controller rated 24V-96V, 240A continuous, 600A peak. Regen capable, which is what I would be relying on. So call it $1600 for the generator side. About $8k for a brand spanking new Beta 10 diesel. So less than $10k for a 10kw to 15kw configurable DC generator capable of charging a 24V to 96V bank along with propelling the boat. Worse comes to worse, I can always repurpose the motor and controller for a repower project, and hey, yeah, the Beta diesel, too.
What I like about the Kelly controllers is they are user configurable using a PC. What sucks is you can't do it with a grownup operating system like Ubuntu. So I always have to borrow a WinDOHs computer to change configuration values in my Kelly controllers. Support is kinda dodgy, tech wise, but they do returns and warranty repairs with no hassle. And they are cheaper than Sevcon, which requires special equipment to reconfigure.
Of course a PMAC motor can also be ran as a 3 phase alternator, without the usual BLDC motor controller. I guess the voltage would be fixed by the winding scheme, and frequency of course would be dependent on RPM. Anyway on the motor/alternator output, a 3 phase bridge rectifier beefy enough to handle the current could feed DC to an off the shelf solar charge controller, I imagine.
The more I think about this, the more I think this will be my genset for the 44' Bruce Roberts I am trying to buy, that currently has no genset. There will be another ME1306 piggyback over the prop shaft, coupled to it via belt and pulley and a pump clutch, and my 96V bank will be used for propulsion, windlass, house loads, and whatever else. A bow thruster at some point in the future is not totally out of the question. All running off the 96V bank, through DC/DC converters as necessary. I hope to eventually have 600w of solar over the dinghy davits, too.
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